These Are The Essential Comics To Read After You've Watched Wonder Woman
James Whitbrook on Jun 8, 2017, 6:00pm

If, like us, after seeing Wonder Woman you'd pray to the entire pantheon on Olympus to be watching Wonder Woman 2: Wonder Harder
right now, we have the next best thing while you wait for the sequel:
The most outstanding comics to dive into starring everyone's favourite
Amazon warrior princess.

We're going to split our recommendations into two categories: Origin
stories, perfect jumping on points that will let you see the earliest
days of Diana's journey just like you saw on screen; and essential arcs,
standalone collections and storylines that highlight a particular
creative team or version of Diana that represents the very best of
Wonder Woman as a hero. So without further ado, here are our picks —
although, unfortunately for some, the 12 volumes of Cleo's treatises on
body and pleasure will not be found here.

(excerpt)
Wonder Woman by George Perez, Vol. 1
For many, the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths take on Wonder
Woman is the definitive version of the character, one that builds upon
the connections between the Greek pantheon of gods and Diana's powers
and gear to make her more powerful and more mythological than ever. This
volume in particular contains the two iconic first stories in Perez,
Wein and Potter's seminal run on the character, Gods and Mortals and Challenge of the Gods,
arcs that cover not just Diana battling Ares, but also an interlude
involving one of her most famous foes, Cheetah. This is the gold
standard everyone holds great Wonder Woman stories by. (George Perez,
Len Wein and Greg Potter)

The Wednesday Club’s Comics Picks: Great Hera!
Posted by Kelly Knox on June 1, 2017

This week’s episode of The Wednesday Club
was wonderful—make that Wonder-full. That’s right, that terrible pun
means hosts Amy Dallen, Taliesin Jaffe, and Matt Key talked Wonder Woman
this week in a lead-up to the film’s release.

(excerpt)
Wonder Woman by George Pérez Omnibus Vol. 1
Writer and artist George Pérez took the reins of Wonder Woman in the
1980s in what many consider to be the character’s best run. “In the
George Pérez version of this, it’s ancient Amazon times. They’re created
to be an example to folks and inspire more devotion to the gods,” said
Amy. “So they create the warrior women known as Amazons.”

Heracles is corrupted by Ares, who turns him against the Amazons, and he
fights Hippolyta for her girdle as described in Greek mythology’s tasks
of Heracles. And that’s just the beginning of the story. Pérez’s run
would go on to last five years; get started with this first omnibus
collection.

There is a Comixology
Wonder Woman sale from today until June 5th, in celebration of the
forthcoming Wonder Woman film. Read the source material before you see
this film.

The sale is up to 80% for some comics, including Wonder Woman By George Perez Vol. 1 ($5.99 - this is the best deal), Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals ($5.99), and Wonder Woman: War of the Gods ($5.99).

Personally speaking, since I own all the original on monthly issues, and
various collected editions, I probably won't be getting these. If you
just want it on digital for convenience, or have just extra cash on you -
this is a good deal.

If the Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus is too expensive for you (Amazon is selling this for $47.75 - a big savings from the retail pricing of $75), DC Comics is releasing a smaller-sized collection called Wonder Woman by George Perez Volume 1 (collecting Wonder Woman #1-14) for $24.99; on sale in late August 2016.

One of the most popular artists working in comics over the last 30
years, George Pérez's resume contains a who's-who of the most popular
characters in comics. From his co-creation, with Marv Wolfman, of THE
NEW TEEN TITANS in the 80s and his work on CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and
WONDER WOMAN to his mega-successful JLA/AVENGERS, Pérez's work has
thrilled comics fans for over three decades.

Wonder Woman's first
assignment in this new series takes her to Man's World, to teach
humanity the ways of the goddess Gaea--no matter who objects.

This
omnibus collects the start of Pérez's acclaimed run on Wonder Woman,
presenting a thrilling new vision of the Amazon Warrior, in these
stories from WONDER WOMAN #1-14.